Daniel Anstett

Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section

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My research focuses on rapid evolution across spatiotemporal scales with a focus on climate change and biotic interactions. At Cornell, my lab uses a combination of latitudinal surveys, common gardens, chemical ecology, and landscape genomics to research geographical variation in plant trait evolution. My students, research associates and I seek to find solutions to the biodiversity crisis by leveraging genomics and spatial-based science to inform conservation management and restoration ecology. To achieve this ultimate goal, we leverage population genomic theory and simulations in conjunction with herbarium and living (seed) collections to document contemporary evolution and model possible future adaptation.

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Interests

Landscape genomics

Rapid evolution to climate change

Herbivory and plant defenses

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Selected Journal Articles

Branch, H., D.N. Anstett & A. Angert. (2024). Variable impacts of adaptive lags on rapid evolution throughout a drought cycle. Evolution qpae037.
Robinson, M.R., K.C. Abbott, E.M. Bruna, … D.N. Anstett, (15 of 180) … & W.C. Wetzel. (2023). Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382:679-683.
Santangelo, J. R.W. Ness, B. Cohan, C.R. Fitzpatrick, S.G. Innes, … D.N. Anstett (22 of 283) … M.TJ. Johnson. (2022). Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375:1275-1281.
Anstett, D.N., H. Branch & A. Angert. (2021). Regional differences in rapid evolution during severe drought. Evolution Letters doi:10.1002/evl3.218
Anstett, D.N., J.R. Ahern, J.-P. Salminen & M.T.J. Johnson. (2018). Testing for latitudinal gradients in defence at the macroevolutionary scale. Evolution 10:2129-2143.
Anstett, D.N., K. Nunes, C. Baskett & P. Kotanen. (2016). Sources of controversy surrounding latitudinal patterns in herbivory and defence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:789-802.